| No |
Name of region |
Period of festival |
Period of
festival |
Main contents of f
estival |
Sponsor/Manager
(contact number) |
First year of festival |
| 1 |
Incheon Metropolitan City
(Department of culture and arts) |
6th Incheon Ocean Festival |
8.8~8.10
(3 days) |
3rd Beach Singing Competition, 7080 Romantic Concert
 Ocean Family Camp, Tour on a ship, Catching fish with bare hands
Opening floodgate of Incheon port, visiting Palmee-do lighthouse
4th Incheon Mayor’s National Yacht Competition |
Incheon Metropolitan City/Incheon Cultural Festival Developing Council
(431-6200) |
2003 |
| 2 |
Incheon Metropolitan City
(Department of culture and arts) |
7th Incheon-Chinese day Cultural Festival |
9.26~9.28
(3 days) |
International Dragon Dance and Lion Dance Competition, Celebration Concert
Performance of Korea· China Representative Artistic Team
Eating Jajangmyun and dumplings fast, Flame Festival, Exhibition Promotion Room
Various Chinese Culture Experience Event |
Incheon Metropolitan City/Incheon Cultural Festival
Developing Council
(431-6200) |
2002 |
| 3 |
Incheon Metropolitan City
(Department of culture and arts) |
2008 Incheon Pentaport Rock Festival |
7.25~7.27
(3 days) |
Rock Festival(about 50 teams inside and outside the country are participating)
Operating various promotion rooms(Incheon promotion room, enterprise promotion room, etc.)
Displaying digital contents
Operating tent zone, game zone, food zone, and fun zone
|
Incheon Metropolitan City/Incheon Tourism Organization
(440-4016, 221-5010) |
2006 |
| 4 |
Incheon Metropolitan City
(Department of culture and arts) |
Incheon International Flame Laser Festival |
10.11
(1 day) |
'Harmony of dream and hope' International Flame Festival Banquet
Teams from Korea, Japan, and U.S. are participating |
Incheon Metropolitan City/Incheon Newspaper
(440-4013) |
2008 |
| 5 |
Incheon Metropolitan City
(Department of sanitary policies) |
7th Incheon Food Festival |
During September
(3 days) |
Exhibition events: operating Daejanggeum Royal Court Food Room, International Food Room, and Nutrients Experience Room
Cultural events: Opening celebration performance, preliminary selection of singing competition of citizens, and ground for harmony through food
Participating events: memorable streets, Royal Court Food Sampling Party, and Event of sharing bread. The team of sanitary policies is in charge of this festival.
440-2762
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Incheon Metropolitan City/Food, confectionery, nutrients, cooking society
(440-2762) |
2002 |
| 6 |
Incheon Metropolitan City (Business place of east park) |
2008 Incheon Park Cherry Flowers? Festival |
4.12~4.18
(7 days) |
Uijangdae and military ban parade
Ground for citizens to participate
Cherry Flowers Concert and performance |
Business place of east park/Incheon Tourism Organization
(440-4943, 220-5013) |
1998 |
| 7 |
Incheon Metropolitan City
(Joong-gu) |
2008 National Park Festival |
4.12
(1 day) |
Artistic exhibition and various cultural performance events
Accompanying events such as Experience Event |
Joong-gu/Joong-gu Festival Managing Committee
(760-7132) |
2007 |
| 8 |
Incheon Metropolitan City
(Joong-gu) |
Mooui-do Festival |
During August
(2 days) |
Various dancing performances such as creative dance, belly dance, traditional dance
Ocean Experience Event (catching fish with bare hands) |
Joong-gu / Mooui-do Festival Managing Committee
(760-7132) |
2000 |
| 9 |
Incheon Metropolitan City
(Joong-gu) |
Jajangmyun Festival |
During October
(2 days) |
Eating Jajangmyun fast, Chinese cultural performance
Eating Chinese food, Chinese culture experience event |
Joong-gu/Joong-gu Festival Managing Council
(760-7132) |
2001 |
| 10 |
Incheon Metropolitan City
(Joong-gu) |
2008 Wolmee Special Region for Tourism Cultural Festival |
During October
(3 days) |
Ocean multi-media flame show and concerts of invited singers
Culture experience events such as Wolmee-do and Chinatown |
Joong-gu/Joong-gu Festival Managing Committee
(760-7132) |
2003 |
| 11 |
Incheon Metropolitan City
(Dong-gu) |
19th Hwadojin Festival |
5.9∼5.11
(3 days) |
Uyoungdaejang fortification procession, TV open broadcasting, fire works
Performance of main intangible cultural assets, folk plays, and traditional culture experience
Singing competition of citizens |
Dong-gu
(770-6102) |
1990 |
| 12 |
Incheon Metropolitan City
(Dong-gu) |
2nd Mansuk-dong
Octopus Festival |
4.19∼4.20
(2 days) |
Sampling octopus and promotion
Celebration performance |
Octopus Festival Managing Committee/
Natural Union Federation
(770-5761) |
2007 |
| 13 |
Incheon Metropolitan City
(Nam-gu) |
2008 Vision Nam-gu
Cultural Festival |
During October
(3 days) |
Media-art exhibition, artistic film festival
Ground for teenagers’ groups, 2030 Street Festival |
Nam-gu/Nam-gu Haksan Cultural Institute
(880-4298) |
2004 |
| 14 |
Incheon Metropolitan City
(Nam-gu) |
13th Incheon International Clown Mime Festival |
10.8~10.12
(5 days) |
Mime performance (performance of invited foreign mime team performance)
|
Mime Performance, Clown Mime Council/Incheon International Clown Mime Festival Managing Committee |
1995 |
| 15 |
Incheon Metropolitan City
(Yunsoo-gu) |
|
|
Procession of envoy and welcoming envoy, and competition of selecting historical quiz king
Singing competition of citizens, Folklore Guinness
Wearing clothes of Baekje, private meeting with a king of Baekje
Children Economic Experience Event |
Yunsoo-gu/Yunsoo-guFestival
Managing Committee
(810-7085∼8) |
2004 |
| 16 |
Incheon Metropolitan City
(Namdong-gu) |
2008 Incheon Soraepo-gu Festival |
10.2~10.5
(4 days) |
Celebration performance, Fishing competition of gobies on the ship
Competition of selecting a lady of Soraepo-gu, exhibition of fishing equipment
Sampling party of fish soup for 2008 people |
Namdong-gu/Namdong Cultural Institute, Incheon Soraepo-gu Festival Managing Committee
(453-2142) |
2001 |
| 17 |
Incheon Metropolitan City
(Boopyung-gu) |
2008 Incheon Boopyung Poongmooldae Festival |
5.28~6.1
(5 days) |
Poongmool performance, playing ground, experiencing ground, and accompanying ground
Special exhibition of 12th anniversary of Festival
Academic event, competition, and participating event
Experiencing traditional culture and accompanying events |
Boopyung-gu/Boopyung-gu Festival Committee
(509-6420) |
1997 |
| 18 |
Incheon Metropolitan City
(Gyeyang-gu) |
Ground for Harmony of Inhabitants of gu
(Gyeyang Mountain Festival) |
10.1~10.5
(5 days) |
Singing competition of citizens, Autumn concert
Eve of the festival (7080 concert, fire works)
Showing a movie outside |
Gyeyang-gu/Gyeyang Cultural Institute
(450-5873, 450-5753) |
2003 |
| 19 |
Incheon Metropolitan City
(Seo-gu) |
Incheon Seo-gu Rangrang? Festival |
10.11~10.12
(2일) |
Concert at night, singing competition for teenagers
Street Dance Festival (Street play event, street dance competition)
Food Festival for taste and elegance, marketplace for sharing products |
Seo-gu/Seo-gu Festival Committee
(560-4340) |
2003 |
| 20 |
Incheon Metropolitan City
(Ganghwa-gun) |
2008 Ganghwa Dolmen Cultural Festival |
5.4~5.5
(2 days) |
Competition of selecting King Cheoljong, Ganghwa historical culture parade
Celebration open broadcasting, fusion music festival
Dolmen Academy, Dolmen Young Festival, reproducing the construction of dolmen
Large party of special agricultural products from Ganghwa, National Turnip Cooking Festivalv |
Ganghwa-gun/Ganghwa-gun Dolmen Cultural Festival Managing Committee
(930-3623) |
1998 |
| 21 |
Incheon Metropolitan City
(Ganghwa-gun) |
Goryu Mountain Azalea Artistic Festival |
4.12~4.27
(16 days) |
Exhibition (pictures and pieces of art)
Small marketplace of special agricultural products |
Ganghwa-gun
(930-3623) |
2008 |
| 22 |
Incheon Metropolitan City
(Ganghwa-gun) |
Ganghwa-do Children Festival |
5.4~5.5
(2 days) |
Writing competition
Family participation program |
Ganghwa Cultural and Artistic Promotion Association
(932-8115) |
2007 |
| 23 |
Incheon Metropolitan City
(Ganghwa-gun) |
2008 Sunwonsa Ridge Lotus Flower Festival |
8.1~8.5
(5 days) |
Reproducing the event of transferring Tripitaka Koreana
Traditional cultural performance, demonstration of lotus flower teas, demonstration of traditional Sunbee dance
Market for agricultural products, competition of food in the festival |
Sunwonsa/Sunwonsa Ridge Lotus Flower Festival Committee
(933-8234) |
2003 |
| 24 |
Incheon Metropolitan City
(Ganghwa-gun) |
2008 Ganghwa-do Salted Shrimps Festival |
Mid-October |
Celebration performance and singing competition
Sampling salted shrimps, Doodrock and aerobics performance
Frugal auction of salted shrimps, catching eels with bare hands
Competition of peeling the shell of lily clams, sports dancing performance |
Gyungin Northern Fisheries Cooperatives/ Salted Shrimps Festival
Managing Committee
(932-9337) |
2004 |
| 25 |
Incheon Metropolitan City
(Ganghwa-gun) |
2008 Samrangsung Historical and Cultural Festival |
10.11~10.12
(2 days) |
Recollecting a video clip, concert in the mountain
Samrangsung drama, Naboohwasang sketch competition
Marketplace of agricultural products, food markets |
Jundeungsa /Samrangsung Cultural Festival
Managing Committee
(937-0125) |
2001 |
| 26 |
Incheon Metropolitan City
(Ongjin-gun) |
2008 Ongjin-gun
Agricultural and Marine Products Festival |
During September
(2 days) |
Experience and participation events
Competition, performance events
Marketplace for special agricultural and marine products |
Ongjin-gun/Agricultural and Marine products
Festival Committee
(899-2242) |
2006 |
